California: Council opposes potential Cal U merger
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 11, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com California Borough Council went on record Thursday officially opposing the state integration plan that would combine California University of Pennsylvania with ...
Positive Action program celebrates graduates
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 11, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Middle school students from Monessen were celebrated Wednesday as they graduated from the Positive Action After School program. The program, administered in partners...
Fire destroys house in Elizabeth Twp.
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 11, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fire destroyed a vacant house in Elizabeth Township early Thursday. According to acting Police Chief Adam Blake, the Allegheny County Fire Marshal has been call...
Charleroi Area celebrates Class of 2021
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 9, 2021
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Area High School Class of 2021 graduates, in the front, from left, Lorenzo Axton, Madison Vieck and Corey Astolas move their tassels from the right to...
95 years young and still singing
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 9, 2021
Monessen’s Hazel Brock Rone is the only original, surviving member of Mount Calvary’s gospel chorus By the MVI The only surviving original member of one of the oldest church gospel choirs in the Mon V...
Speakers oppose Pa. state university mergers
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 9, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) officials heard nearly three hours of testimony Wednesday on the integration plan that would merge six st...
Manning to join Charleroi as new borough manager
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 9, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Joe Manning is ready to help Charleroi Borough move forward. On Wednesday, by a 5-1 vote, council approved his contract as the new borough manager. Councilman Frank ...
Washington Township to seek funding for broadband issues
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 9, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Myriad issues and inequities have been laid bare across the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic. And one of the problems being highlighted is a lack of connect...
Graduation selfie at Ringgold
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 8, 2021
Brandin Jaki takes a photo of himself and some of his fellow graduates before Ringgold High School’s commencement Tuesday evening.
Monessen accepts grant to stabilize Health Mart building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 8, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council is once again at odds over the former Health Mart building on Donner Avenue. Last summer, Mayor Matt Shorraw wrote a grant seeking funds to ...
Vandalism increasing at NBV park
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 8, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon’s Community Bank Park could be closed if visitors don’t start respecting the property, council said Tuesday.   There have been several instances o...
Juneteenth celebration set in Clairton
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 8, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s at least one Juneteenth celebration coming to the Mon Valley thanks to a local dance squad.   The DRIPP Squad will hold the inaugural Mon Valley Juneteenth Fes...
Elizabeth: DCED grant will help battle blight
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 8, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough is getting assistance from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to tackle blight. The DCED is providing a blight ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 8, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With the potential construction of a gas-powered power plant in Elizabeth Township under consideration, more than 100 people from the Pittsburgh region spoke...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 8, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County’s Learn & Earn program will kick off in a couple of weeks, and low-income young adults who are interested need to apply by Friday. That’s the dea...
Local lawmakers at 2nd Amendment rally
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 7, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several legislators from the Mon Valley took part Monday in a show of support for the Second Amendment.   Hundreds of gun enthusiasts joined lawmakers on the Capitol...
Fire departments’ cash bash headed outdoors
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 7, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi and Monessen No. 1 fire departments will team up again this year for their largest joint fundraiser.   Last year’s event had to be canceled due to the ...
Hearing  addresses nursing homes
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 7, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The executive director of a group of senior and assisted living centers in Allegheny County, which includes a location in McKeesport, participated in a public hearing ...